(n) creeping mat-forming evergreen shrub of high mountain regions of northern hemisphere grown for its rose-pink flowers, Syn. mountain azalea, Loiseleuria procumbens
(n) straggling shrub of northwestern North America having foliage with a bluish tinge and umbels of small bell-shaped flowers, Syn. fool's huckleberry, Menziesia ferruginea
(n) group of evergreen or deciduous shrubs formerly considered a separate genus; now included in the genus Rhododendron, Syn. subgenus Azaleastrum, Azaleastrum
n.; pl.Azaleas [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; dry, -- so called because supposed to grow best in dry ground. ] (Bot.) A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct from Rhododendron. [ 1913 Webster ]